The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
I'm getting out
I'm leaving here
I'm kickin' right through this door
I stole your girl
Who was my girl
I always said she's a whore
Must you accelerate
From everything I hate
Now this is my kind of disaster
Break in and take what we want
And then run down liquer store
Pick up our friends
Tell them it's on
Get in
Don't ask what it's for
Sub-Woofer kickin' in
Porn on the TV screen
These spinnin' rims don't go no faster
[Chorus]
We can drive all night
And we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one
Just follow the light
And we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one
We're flippin' off the people
Who dissed on our statures today
We're throwin' bricks right through their windows
And then we drive away
And break this thing around
New things are better found
We keep on changin' our direction
Go past the school the church the places that caused us hurt
We're gone
If we keep movin' forward
Maybe we'll forget where we're from
We're gonna shake things up
We're gonna break it down
We built this car with our rejection
[Chorus]
You can never go back not even
If you wanted to know where
You're in deep now
You've been fucking up real good lately
One minute you come from zero
Down now
[Chorus X2]
I'm leaving here
I'm kickin' right through this door
I stole your girl
Who was my girl
I always said she's a whore
Must you accelerate
From everything I hate
Now this is my kind of disaster
Break in and take what we want
And then run down liquer store
Pick up our friends
Tell them it's on
Get in
Don't ask what it's for
Sub-Woofer kickin' in
Porn on the TV screen
These spinnin' rims don't go no faster
[Chorus]
We can drive all night
And we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one
Just follow the light
And we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one
We're flippin' off the people
Who dissed on our statures today
We're throwin' bricks right through their windows
And then we drive away
And break this thing around
New things are better found
We keep on changin' our direction
Go past the school the church the places that caused us hurt
We're gone
If we keep movin' forward
Maybe we'll forget where we're from
We're gonna shake things up
We're gonna break it down
We built this car with our rejection
[Chorus]
You can never go back not even
If you wanted to know where
You're in deep now
You've been fucking up real good lately
One minute you come from zero
Down now
[Chorus X2]
Lyrics submitted by OnlyInDreams126, edited by sizedeep
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I'm gettin out im leavin here Im kickin right thru this door I stole your girl who was my girl I always said shes a whore bust thru accererate from everything i hate now this is my kind of disaster
break in and take what we want and then burn down the liquor store pick up our friends tell them "lets all get in" dont ask what its for subwoofer kickin' it porn on the TV screen these spinnin rims don't go no faster
we can ride all night and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one just follow the light and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one
we're flippin off the poeple who dissed on us that's just our game we're throwin bricks right thru their windows and then we drive away lets break this, spin around new things are better found we keep on changin our direction
go past the school, the church the places that casued us hurt, we're done If we keep movin foward maybe we'll forget where we're from we're gonna shake things up we're gonna break you down we'll fuel this car with our rejection
we can ride all night and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one just follow the light and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one
you can never go back not even if you wanted to know where your in deep now you've been fuckin up real good lately one minute you come from zero go now
we can ride all night and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one just follow the light and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one we can dive all night and we're not gonna stop for the pigs or no one just follow the light